Plastic pallets are one of such examples, used in retail, warehouse management, and transportation. Here are their key advantages compared to wooden pallets. Total cost of ownership Wooden pallets ...

Two days before Christmas, the first confirmation quietly arrived: an application for tax subsidies to build an $8.6 billion plastics manufacturing plant. Wilson found the news particularly alarming.

A five-year research project sponsored by the Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe (APME, Avenue van Nieuwenhuyse 4, B-1160 Brussels) has developed two new types of transport pallets ...

The world is miserable at recycling plastics. Currently, just 10–15% of the plastic waste we generate annually is recycled — with the rest incinerated, buried in landfill or dumped as litter 1, 2.

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a new study. Overall ...

Our brains are increasingly plastic. Minuscule shards and flakes of polymers are surprisingly abundant in brain tissue, a study of postmortem brains shows. This appraisal of microplastics and ...

It is coordinated by a complex network of brain regions, at the heart of which lies a tiny bundle of neurons known as the "locus coeruleus", Latin for "blue dot". It is a literal description ...

THE fight against plastic waste ramps up at the start of the year with the launch of two separate movements with similar goals and strategies last January. First, the National Plastic Action ...

After a development period of five years, the Dutch manufacturer Wavin Lash (Prinsengracht 2, NL-8600 AE Sneek) and the Belgian Innova Packaging Systems (Rozendaal-straat 101, B-8900 Ieper) have ...

As one of the largest flexible packaging converters in the United States, the company has significant stakes in both the plastic and paper sides of the business. And, CEO Greg Tucker said ...

This marks a significant step forward in the fight against single-use plastics (SUPs) through innovative reuse solutions. The Consortium unites representatives from civil society organizations (CSOs), ...

Plastics mergers and acquisitions deal volume showed moderate growth in 2024, as the market worked to find more steady results and to adjust to a higher interest rate environment. For the full ...